The Need for Speed series has had a very mixed history. Its Metacritic scores range from as high as 89 (Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2) to as low as 61 (Need for Speed Payback). While Hot Pursuit 2 has the best critical reviews, Most Wanted has the best User Score, and Need for Speed: Underground 2 ranks near the top when you combine critic and user scores.
Thanks to some fans, that last title is now much more accessible, as Need for Speed: Underground 2 has a fully working browser version.
Growing up, I would play Need for Speed: Underground on my GameCube and games like Neopets in my browser. Never did I imagine a world where the former would be available so readily, as if it were a Flash game.
The fan project, which stresses that it is not associated with Electronic Arts (which has just annoyed the gaming world by closing BioWare), brings 2004's Underground 2 to your browser in all its glory. It's not just a simple port, either, and it makes tons of meaningful changes.
Need for Speed: Underground 2 stood out for many things, including its car customization, music, and, most impressively, Free...
